Young mothers 'risk factor for early childhood death'

Publication date:
30 September 2013

“Young maternal age at birth is becoming a marker of social disadvantage as women who have been through higher education are more likely to postpone pregnancy until their 30s,” said Professor Ruth Gilbert (UCL Institute of Child Health). Read: BBC News

It's easier for men to tell jokes, quips Lee Mack

Publication date:
30 September 2013

“There are now loads of very funny female comics . . . the problem they suffer is not that they’re not funny, but that people expect stand-ups to be male. It’s more about our biases than it is women not being funny,” said Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience). Read: Sunday Times (£)

Sun E-Cigs investigation

Publication date:
30 September 2013

“There is no evidence to say they are 100 per cent safe, but what we can say is that they are 100 per cent safer than cigarettes,” said Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health). Read: The Sun (£)

Should red meat carry a health warning?

Publication date:
30 September 2013

Professor David Colquhoun (UCL Biosciences) comments on the risk of eating red meat, and says that while there are risks exposed by some of the long-term studies of diet and red and processed meat, they are just too small to get wound up about. Read: Times (£)